Role: GCP Cloud Architect
Location: Issaquah, WA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12+ Months
Must have:
• 15+ years in IT, including strong customer-facing architecture and
service delivery experience
• 6 + Years of Experience migrating or transforming legacy enterprise
applications to Google Cloud
Must-Have Skills:
• GCP architecture & migration expertise
• Java & C# coding (hands-on)
• GitHub (PRs, branching, collaboration)
• Apigee API Management
• Google Professional Cloud Architect certification
• CI/CD pipelines, DevOps automation, container-based deployments (Cloud
Run, GKE)
• IAM, encryption, load balancing, and enterprise networking (VPC, Cloud
Interconnect)
Requirements:
• 15+ years in IT, including strong customer-facing architecture and
service delivery experience.
• Experience migrating or transforming legacy enterprise applications to
Google Cloud (GCP).
• 4+ years in application architecture domains such as software
development, cloud computing, distributed systems, or infrastructure.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience architecting and operating cloud
solutions, with GCP being the primary platform.
• 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role (executive and
engineering audiences).
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or
related field (or equivalent experience).
• Certified Google Professional Cloud Architect
• Strong ability to translate business needs into technical
architecture.
Requirements:
We are looking for a Google Cloud Application Architect to lead
enterprise application migration from legacy/on-prem systems to Google
Cloud Platform (GCP).
This role will drive application modernization using Java, C#, APIs
(Apigee), GitHub, and CI/CD automation, ensuring scalable, secure, and
high-performance cloud-native architectures. As a Google Cloud
Application Architect, you will lead the architecture and technical
strategy for migrating enterprise applications from legacy systems
(on-prem / AS400 / traditional platforms) to Google Cloud Platform
(GCP).
You will design scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud-native
application architectures while guiding modernization efforts using
Java, C#, GitHub, Apigee, and CI/CD automation. You will act as a
customer-facing cloud SME, collaborating with internal engineering teams
and business stakeholders to ensure seamless migration and optimized
deployment on GCP.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on Google Cloud (GCP) services,
architecture patterns, and migration strategy.
• Should leverage Google Cloud technologies to design, develop, and
manage robust, secure, scalable, efficient, cost-effective, highly
available, and flexible solutions that drive business objectives.
• Should be proficient in enterprise cloud strategy, solution design,
workload migration approaches, deployment and orchestration,
optimization, and architectural best practices.
• Familiarity with the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework is a key
requirement for this role.
• Lead the end-to-end migration of applications from legacy platforms to
GCP, including assessment, design, re-platforming, and modernization.
• Architect and design cloud-native and hybrid application solutions
leveraging:
• Apigee API Management
• Cloud Run, GKE, Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud SQL
• GCP Operations Suite for logging, monitoring & incident response
• Cloud Interconnect / VPC networking
• Build application modernization roadmaps using Java and C#, ensuring
best practices in microservices, API-first design, and distributed
systems.
• Develop and govern CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, Cloud
Build, Artifact Registry, and DevOps automation best practices.
• Present architecture recommendations and designs to customers and
executives (CxOs, Directors, Engineering Leads).
• Create high-quality technical content including architecture decks,
whitepapers, solution diagrams, and training recordings.
• Provide technical training & enablement to internal teams (Solution
Architects, BDMs, Engineering, Product stakeholders).
• Ensure GCP deployments meet security, compliance, reliability, and
cost-optimization standards.
• Manage a dynamic pipeline of technical engagements requiring fast
delivery and frequent re-prioritization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Developers, DevOps,
Infrastructure, Product, Business stakeholders).
• Document solution blueprints, migration strategies, architecture
standards, and deployment runbooks.
Project Focus:
• Legacy application migration to Google Cloud (GCP)
• Application re-architecture using Java, C#, APIs, containers
• API-led connectivity using Apigee
• CI/CD automation via GitHub and Cloud Build
• Cloud-native deployment on Cloud Run & GKE
• Enterprise security & observability using GCP Operations Suite